The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the St. Croix Central Panthers (Hammond, WI) and the host Osceola Chieftains (Osceola, WI), observed St. Croix Central's basketball team knock off Osceola by a score of 49-35.

The Panthers (13-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Cameron (Cameron, WI). The Comets come into the non-league challenge with a 14-2 record. In their last challenge, Cameron prevailed over Ashland (Ashland, WI), 79-22, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Chieftains battle the Northwestern Tigers (Maple, WI) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, February 1. Osceola will attempt to improve on its 8-8 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 11-4 record after their 44-32 league win over Hayward (Hayward, WI).